Vit D Gains New Respect as Vital Health Nutrient
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Vit D Balances the Innate Immune Response A new study has concluded that one key part of the immune system, the ability of vitamin…
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The Role of Vitamin C in the Treatment of the Common Cold
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Dr Harri Hemila MD PhD co author of the Cochrane Review article replies [1]: The Cochrane review was limited to placebo-controlled trials in which…
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Herbs, Phytochemicals and Vitamins and Their Immunologic Effects
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Complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) are used in more than 80% of the world’s population and are becoming an increasing component of the US…
Antioxidants And Other Nutrients Do Not Interfere With Chemotherapy Or Radiation Therapy And Can Increase Kill And Increase Survival, Part 1.
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PURPOSE: Some in the oncology community contend that patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy should not use food supplement antioxidants and other nutrients. Oncologists…
Evidence-based decision making on micronutrients and chronic disease: long-term randomised controlled trials are not enough
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Comment: Of course, everyone would agree that all persons should be encouraged to eat a good diet, but we are far from achieving this…
Low micronutrient intake may accelerate the degenerative diseases of aging through allocation of scarce micronutrients by triage
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Inadequate dietary intakes of vitamins and minerals are widespread, most likely due to excessive consumption of energy-rich, micronutrient-poor, refined food. Inadequate intakes may result…
Is there convincing biological or behavioural evidence linking vitamin D deficiency to brain dysfunction?
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Vitamin D insufficiency is common in the United States; the elderly and African-Americans are at particularly high risk of deficiency. This review, written for…
High-dose vitamin therapy stimulates variant enzymes with decreased coenzyme binding affinity (increased Km): relevance to genetic disease and polymorphisms
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As many as one-third of mutations in a gene result in the corresponding enzyme having an increased Michaelis constant, or Km, (decreased binding affinity)…
Higher serum folate levels are associated with a lower risk of atopy and wheeze
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Folic acid, or vitamin B9, essential for red blood cell health and long known to reduce the risk of spinal birth defects, may also…
Vitamin C and Hypertension in Young Women
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Summary: In a cross-sectional study involving 242 healthy young women (Black and White) between the ages of 18 and 21 years, who were followed…